Argentina fans that I can see on my
monitor now they are jumping up and down
and it is the players that are leading a
dance and the tiers are just beginning
to come now amongst those Argentina
players as they realize uh what they've
done Hugh was mentioning the the
dejection amongst the French fans I've
Just Seen president macron uh the French
president on the pitch uh consoling
Killian and Bape I mean how on Earth can
you score a hat-trick in a World Cup
final and still not be on the winning
side and there's a an Argentina fan who
is holding a laughter a fake I hope it's
a fake uh World Cup trophy we will see
uh the real thing soon enough Argentina
and now they're just getting the uh the
Rostrum ready in a few moments time that
they'll walk up onto to to to collect
their third world cup trophy and it will
be Lionel Messi that lifts it and what's
a way to cap an Incredible World Cup
career we think he will carry on playing
uh perhaps go through to another copper
America they are the reigning South
American Champions they cracked that one
last year he had never won that either
but now he's got the full set what more
uh does Lionel Messi have to achieve
although of course he's got to go back
and play in France in a few weeks time
because he plays with PSG I just wonder
I want reception he will get let's see
if we can get back to uh Buenos Aires
now and Katie Watson is everybody still
jumping up and down I mean they're
dancing on the pitch here Katie with
with Lionel Messi there are tears on the
pitch they're still going around to
their fans here about 50 55 60 000 it
feels like everybody waiting for that
moment to to see the trophy held Aloft
well they're all pouring onto the
streets here in the center of Buenos
Aires they're at the Obelisk which is
the focal point for celebrations people
have been here they arrived yesterday I
mean people kind of haven't left since
the beginning of the tournament uh such
as the dedication of argentinians
especially for this world cup people
hear everyone in ports in Argentine
colors number 10 uh their Idol Matthew
who can now walk away with the World Cup
title I think that's been the thing for
argentinians especially this year it's
not just the question of Argentina
winning a third cup after nearly 40
years this is you know winning a World
Cup for their footballing Idol he can
stand alongside Diego Maradona he's yet
another Legend in this football crazy
country but more than that this has been
about finding some kind of unity and
happiness in a country that has really
been battered economically they talk
about you know trying to find something
to smile about and be happy about and
that is certainly what this world cup
done so you know it's only the party's
only just really started the tears have
started the celebrations and stuff but
it's going to be a long fun evening here
in Buenos Aires and across across the
Argentina
uh Katie I mean quite rightly we focus
on Lionel Messi who is perhaps the best
player that we will ever see uh In the
Flesh are actually astonishing and now
he has crowned his career but it is a
team game and it is that's something
that Lionel Messi and Lionel scalone the
Argentina manager has pointed out from
the off and it's just worth picking out
on some of those players Alexis
McAllister a player who has Irish and
Scottish roots of if you go back and
Trace his surname the first player from
Brighton and Hove Albi in a a little
regarded Team all respect to Brighton
Hove Albi and the seagulls fans but that
is the first player from that club to
play in a World Cup final and also
Emiliano Martinez the Argentina keeper
he only made his debut last year and his
journey to a World Cup final is
astonishing he you know he left
Argentina as as a child and he was a
journeyman you know he's sent out on
loan from Arsenal to Rotherham and
reading and now here he is playing in a
World Cup final there are some fantastic
stories in that Argentina Squad
I think that's what people here have
talked about when you talk about Messi
yes he's the kind of the symbol because
he was you know the World Cup trophy had
eluded him until now but this was so
much more and that's what you speak to
argentinians here and they said you know
this is about a great team that Messi
May well be the kind of poster boy of
the team but we've got a really strong
team we saw in the America's Cup you
know the success that the the team has
had and that the whole team has made us
proud I think that's what we're going to
see when they come back here onto
Argentinian soil just the celebrations
of the entirety and the entire success
and it's something that the whole region
has got behind you know take the Rivalry
between Brazil and Argentina normally
when it comes to football and usually
there's no love lost at all between the
two Nations but the whole region is
going to got behind Argentina to to try
and win back that you know South America
to win back
um the football from from Europe and I
think that's something that's you know
caused a lot of Pride as well is that
this now it is a you know footballing
nation that it's deserved of huge
celebrations Messy as long as well as
you know the entire team has got a you
know rightly should be proud of this
moment ki
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